Knees-up at the ALRC


The Australian Law Reform Commission sends not so happy greetings on the birthday of the Corporations Act ... Mother, father and son in dialogue ... The youngster had put on weight, lost his way, hasn't caught up ... The commission tries new methods to draw attention ... Janek Drevikovsky reports
Prince Albert the Good at Victoria's Court


Barrister leads solicitor astray ... Snappy correspondence sent to court registry officer seeking urgent hearing ... Attempt at forum shopping ... Allegations of impropriety against a judge ... Discourteous and provocative missives ... The gallows avoided by humble apologies and re-education ... Ginger Snatch reports
Fitch's Washington


Trump's defeat sees the Republican gerrymander in full swing ... Moving the electoral goalposts ... Filibuster won't be busted ... Lies of the past paved the way for the Big Lie of today ... Military trials and the flouting of law ... The taint of torture ... The failure of Guantánamo ... Roger Fitch files from Washington
Time flies when you're having ...


Freshly minted from university ... Associateship beckons ... Interim job bailing water out of the leaky parole boat ... Delays and judicial reviews ... Barely Legal finds out about stuff never taught at university
Porter's case runs amok


Dyer v Chrysanthou ... Porter stands by his brief as case gets bogged in interlocutory disputes ... Trouble for client when the lawyers become the main story ... Expense and delay do not assist Porter ... "Infection" of the legal team ... September trial date looking wobbly ... Defamation trial could clash with the electoral cycle ... Observations from Artemus Jones
Onward Christian Soldiers


The Christian's defamation campaign has been sidetracked ... Now he's a respondent fighting to keep one of his barristers on the ticket ... Risk of misuse of confidential information ... Discovery ordered ... Who told others of concerns about potential conflict? ... Layer upon layer of contention before we get to D-Day